Tobacco-pipe.



A. ANGERMAYER.

TOBACCO PIPE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15. 1918.

1,289,071 Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

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TOBACCO-PIPE.

I Application filed July 15, 19 18. Serial No. 245,033.

To all whom it may concern: 7

' Be it known that I, ALBERT AxonnMAYna, a citizen of Germany, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of Californim have invented new and useful Improvements in Tobacc'mlipes, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to make an improved tobacco pipe and my invention Consists in the novel features herein shown, described and claimed.

Figure l is a perspective of a tobacco pipe embodying the principles of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical central section on an enlarged scale. I

Fig. 3 is a top plan view, the stem being broken'away. v

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 1'1 of Fig. 2.

The bowl 1 is preferably made of wood and has a flat upper end face 2, a downwardly tapered chamber 3 extending from the flat end face2 to the bottom 4: and a bore extending from the bottom a to the lower fiat face 6.

The stem section 7 is formed integral with the bowl 1 at one side and is substantially half way between the upper face 2 and the lower face 6, and the opening 8 through the stem. section communicates with the chamber 3. The mouthpiece 9 is connected to the stem section 7, and the passage 10 through the mouth piece connects with the passage 8.

t cork bushing has a portion 11 fitting in the upper end of the chamber 3 and a portion 12 fitting the upper face 2, there being a central opening 13 through the bushing. 13 is a heat insulator ring of mica or the like to protect the bushing 13.

The tobacco container 1 1 is formed of flat sheet metal such as aluminum about a hundreth of an inch thick out into the desired shape and then rolled into a cylinder. T he container thus formed has a portion 15 fitting in the bore 5, a portion 16 extending upwardly from the portion 15 in the chamher 3, said portion 16 being upwardly flaring or downwardly tapered so that its upper end is slightly larger than its lower end, and the portion 17 extending upwardly from the upper end of the portion 16 and fitting in the opening 13 in the cork bushing portion 11. Horizontal rows of perforations 18 and 19 are formed through the portion 16 of the container below the bushing 11 and a row of perforations 20 is formed through the portion 17 above the bushing. A metal cap 21,

preferably stamped from sheet aluminum about a fiftieth of an inch thick, fits against the upper face of the cork bushing around the portion 17 of the container and downwardly around the periphery of the portion 12 and covers the joint between the portion 12 and face 2, and spring'fingers 22 extend downwardly from "the cap and snap into recesses formed in the-periphery of the bowl 1 to hold the cap removably in place.

It is intended that the cap 21, the cork bushing, and the container 14 may be readily removed from the bowl 1 and that the spring fingers 22 will hold the parts all tight when the pipe is'in use.

A sieve 23 is'inserted downwardly through theportion 17 to a point substantially halfway between the perforations 20 and the perforations 18 and driven tightly into place. I

The container llat thesieve 23 is about four-fifths of an inch in diameter and the chamber 3 is about one and three-quarters inches deep. The inside diameter of the portion 15 of the container is about twothirds of an inch. The'siev'e 23 is stamped fromsheet metal, preferably a good aluminum and copper alloyf that will notcorrode or oxidize under the heat generated by the burning tobacco. f

' A handle 24, formed of brier wood, hasa knurled annular peripheryv25, a fiat lower face 26, a flat upper face 27 fitting the face 6, and a circular recess28 within the face 27. A cork plug 29 is seated in the recess 28 and adapted to fit Within the portion 15 of the container.

An expansive coil spring 30 fits loosely in the portion 16 of the container and has straight end 31 anchored in the part 29, and a follower 32 is atta hed to the upper end of the spring 30, said follower being a perforated disk stamped from aluminum about a fiftieth of an inch thick and sixtenths of an inch in diameter so as to fit. loosely in the chamber 33 in the tapered portion 16 of the container.

In the practical operation, the bowl 1 is turned bottom upward, the cork 29 removed, and the tobacco is inserted downwardly through the portion 15 of the container into the portion 16 and upon the bottom of the sieve 23. When the container has been filled to the desired extent, the cork 29 is placed in position with the follower plate 32 pressing against the tobacco, there the sieve 23. f the container were stra ghter tapered in by compressing the spring 30 and pressing the tobacco into a mass in the direction of the sieve 23. Then'thepipe is turned upright and the mouth applied to the mouthpiece 9 and a lighted match applied to the top of the sieve 23, and suction will cause the air to pass downwardly through the sieve 23 and through the burning tobacco against the sieve and outwardly through the perforations 18 and 1-9 to the chamber 3 and from the chamber 3through the passages 8 and 10 to the mouth. 7

So far as the operation isconcerned, the

important features to which I wish to call especial attention are the facts that the tobacco is fed upwardly to the sieve 23 as fast as the tobacco is consumed and that the ashes willpass-upwardlv through the, sieve and may be discharged by tilting-the pipe .sidewise from time to time as desired.

- The portion 16 of the container is tapered so that it will be easy for the spring 80 and follower plate/32 to raise the-tobacco. against Obviously in this operation the otherdirection there would be a liability of the tobacco choking and resisting the action of the spring, p

The sizes and dimensions given are for purposes of illustration and may be varied greatly without departing from the spirit ofmy invention. 1

. Various changes: may be made 111 the details of construction wlthout departlng from the spirit of my invention-as claimed.

the bowl, a bushing in the chamber at the perforations below the bushing; a sieve in the upper end of the containerbetween the two series of perforations, thus producing an ash chamber above the sieve, a plug removably inserted upwardly into the bottom of the container, an expansive coil spring anchored in the plug and extending upwardly into the container, a follower upon the upper end of the spring, and a stem leading from thechamber.

2. In a tobacco pipe, a bowl, a container mounted therein, there being a chamber between the container and the bowl and perforations through the container communicating with the chamber, a sieve fixed in the container above the perforations and below the upper end of the container, thus forming an ash chamber above the sieve, a spring mounted in the lower end of the container and a stem leading from the chamber.

, 3. In a tobacco pipe, a bowl, a container mounted in the bowl; there being a chamber around the container in the bowl and perforations through the container; a sieve fixed 1n the container above the perforations and below the upper end f the container thus producing an ash chamber above the sieve, a plug removably mounted in the lower end of the container, a spring remow ablymounted in the lower end of the container above the plug, and a stem leading from the chamber.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ALBERT ANGERMAYER.

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